Barry, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1892  66  2400 (73) 1
1893  47  2426 (62) 10
1894  44  2432 (62) 0
1895  44  2438 (59) 1
1896  42  2445 (52) 14
1897  34  2460 (59) 1
1898  27  2471 (62) 1
1899  21  2477 (63) 2
1900  27  2461 (65) 1
1901  41  2435 (64) 1
1902  51  2414 (62) 1
1903  67  2396 (59) 2
1904  83  2376 (54) 15
1905  115  2347 (65) 0
1906  151  2317 (73) 0
1907  211  2288 (78) 1
1908  246  2268 (83) 0
1909  288  2248 (87) 1
1910  336  2225 (92) 1
1911  406  2206 (98) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Barry, John Finan  
Born: 12 Dec. 1873
Died: 9 Apr. 1940
 
Notes:
Sarah's Chess Journal web site gives death date 9-04-1933. Gaige gives death date 9-04-1940.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 300
   Forster, Negele and Tischbierek, Emanuel Lasker, Vol.I, page 161, 181
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 25
   Goldman, Carl Schlechter!, page 523
   Harding, Joseph Henry Blackburne, page 420, 571
   Hilbert and Lahde, Albert Beauregard Hodges, page 199
   Hilbert, Emil Kemeny, page 164
   Hilbert, Napier, page 7, 194
   Hilbert, Walter Penn Shipley, page 285
Periodicals
   [ACMa], vol. 3, no. 1, July 1899, page 19
   [ChR], vol. 8, no. 4, May 1940, page 82
Web
   Sarah.  [Mandarins of the Yellow Buttons]
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4563. Cambridge Springs, 1904]
   Winter, Edward.  [CN 4582. Announcement of mate in 13]
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Steinitz, W. - Barry, J.F. 1892         (c)     1   -   0      Steinitz, W. gave odds of pawn and move
Pillsbury, H.N. - Barry, J.F. 1893         (f)     5.5   -   4.5
Showalter, J.W. - Barry, J.F. 1896         (f)     9   -   4
Barry, J.F. - Pillsbury, H.N. 1899         (f)     1   -   0
Mieses, J. - Barry, J.F. 1903         (f)     1   -   0

Tournament data

Boston, Massachusetts 1892     Boston Married - Single Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Cummings, P.     1 - 0    
New York 1895 (15)     Brooklyn - New York City Club Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Ettlinger, A.K.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1896     1st Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Tinsley, S.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1897     2nd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Lawrence, T.F.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1898     3rd Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Caro, H.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1899 (1)     4th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Lawrence, T.F.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1900     5th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Atkins, H.E.     1 - 0    
London, England and New York 1901     6th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Lee, F.J.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1902     7th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Mason, Ja.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1903     8th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Blackburne, J.H.     1 - 0    
Cambridge Springs 1904     Cambridge Springs Tournament     5  /  15
London, England and New York 1907 (1)     9th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Atkins, H.E.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1909     11th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Lawrence, T.F.     0.5 - 0.5    
London, England and New York 1910     12th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Atkins, H.E.     0 - 1    
London, England and New York 1911     13th Anglo-American Cable Match    
  Barry, J.F. - Wahltuch, V.L.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 6 Aug. 2024